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Wolfram Alpha Number-Crunches the Super Bowl

Posted by samzenpus on from the survey-says dept.

Nerval's Lobster writes "Whatever your actual feelings about football and this weekend's Super Bowl, you have to admire Wolfram Alpha's willingness to crunch any dataset and see what it can find. The self-billed 'computational knowledge engine' has analyzed the historical data for both teams involved in this Sunday's Super Bowl XLVII. Its conclusion? The San Francisco 49ers and Baltimore Ravens are 'annoyingly similar' when it comes to numbers, although some players stand out as potential game changers — if the math plays out right."

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  1. Algorithm requires a specific hook by cellocgw · · Score: 3, Interesting

    did they remember to include the "any given Sunday" function in their algorithm? :-)

    BTW, What you *should* be watching today is http://animal.discovery.com/tv-shows/puppy-bowl

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  2. I'm not a member of the hive on this one by justthinkit · · Score: 3, Interesting
    I don't like football. I love it.

    Played it for just shy of 50 years...so far. Coached it, sideline ref'd it. Took up punting as a solo/zen hobby. You name it, I love it.

    I played soccer when young (English parents), but it is not one-tenth of the game football is.

    I played more tennis, from age 6 to 16, than any other sport and than anyone I knew. I got good at it and am still good at it. I've take time off work to watch the majors. And it is not one-fifth of the game football is.

    I suck at golf so nuff said.

    It is funny to hear people praising rugby instead of football. Talk about whistle-prone. Rugby has its moments, as does Aussie rules football. But they are not one-third of the game football is.

    World cup soccer only comes once every four years. Same for the Olympics. Pity, or they might come close to American football

    But there can be only one. Long live football. American football.

    ...a former Canuck who always hated the Canadian version -- the 3 downs forcing the game to be unbalanced toward passing, the ultra wide field that made the game hard to appreciate up close and the imperfect football -- try throwing one of each country's footballs and you'll see what I mean.

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